Mervyn Johns Movies

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned...

Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the...

Smith and Laye-Parker meet Kuprin and find he is less anxious to leave Russia than they supposed.

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at...

A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier...

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his...

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing...

A television producer encounters personal problems while making a documentary about the philosopher Wittgenstein.

Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a...

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the...

A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" is given to Mrs. Davies instead of Mrs. Lloyd....

Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries...

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and...

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.